IGN PlayStation Team's Most Anticipated Games of 2008 Revisited

E3 is dead -- all hail the holiday season. In just a few weeks, a deluge of videogames will pour over the land and wash away all the titles you swore you'd remember from the spring season. Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet, and the like will come to your Sony systems to leave you broke and begging for more.

With the big show behind us and a slew of new games to consider, the IGN PlayStation Team has assembled once again to revisit our Most Anticipated Games of 2008 -- a subject that we first touched upon in January. What titles have fallen off the list? What games have been announced and shot to the top of Chris Roper's, Greg Miller's, Jeff Haynes's, and Ryan Clements's charts?

There's only one way to find out...

Chris's Post-E3 Most Anticipated Games of 2008

10) Star Wars: The Force UnleashedGenre: ActionDeveloper: LucasArtsPublisher: LucasArtsWhy?: There's a ton of promise with this game, the first action-oriented Star Wars title that actually looks like it could be worthy of carrying the iconoclastic space opera's name in a long, long time. The technology behind the game is killer, offering gamers the ability to bend, smash, destroy and decimate nearly anything in their path. The story setup is quite interesting and knowing the folks behind the title, I'm confident that it'll do justice to the overall storyline. If the team has managed to utilize the awesome tech throughout the entirety of the game and can give us boss battles that match the first fight with Master Kota, then I'm sold.

9) BioShockGenre: First-Person ShooterDeveloper: 2K GamesPublisher: 2K GamesWhy?: Despite the fact that I've played through the Xbox 360 game, I'm stoked to run through Rapture once again. BioShock easily ranks as one of my favorite shooters of all time, probably second overall to only Half-Life 2. The downloadable challenge rooms sound like they could be great fun, especially given the number of options you have to mix and match your abilities in the game. But even without the extra, the game would probably wind up on my list anyway simply because of how awesome the core game is. Welcome to the circus of value!

8) Mirror's EdgeGenre: ActionDeveloper: DICE SwedenPublisher: Electronic ArtsWhy?: A first-person game with platforming elements that look to rival those of Prince of Persia? I'm already sold. Mix in killer visuals and an ultra-slick art style and we're looking at a game that aims to mix up the first-person genre in a whole new way. I'm a big fan of exploration and trying crazy stuff, which looks to be what Mirror's Edge is all about. If the controls hold up and the platforming elements are varied and as open as I hope they will be, this could be the biggest surprise hit of the year.

7) MotorStorm: Pacific RiftGenre: RacingDeveloper: Evolution StudiosPublisher: Sony Computer EntertainmentWhy?: I'm a big fan of the first game, despite its handful of problems. Evolution Studios looks to have fixed many, if not all, of those issues the second time around, which would be enough to keep me interested. But the new jungle-filled island environment changes the driving mechanics in a fantastic way, separating the different classes of vehicles even more than before. The tracks that I've seen at a few events look to be laid out even better than the great courses from the first game, which is awesome. And being able to race split-screen is a big plus for me, as well.

6) Prince of PersiaGenre: PlatformerDeveloper: Ubisoft MontrealPublisher: UbisoftWhy?: When I saw the first batch of screenshots from Ubisoft's latest Prince of Persia title, I was incredibly interested. After seeing the E3 demo last month, I was sold. The platforming mechanics look stellar, taking the already-smooth moves and transitions from the last trilogy to a whole new level. The openness of the world has me intrigued, as I love exploring worlds like this, and the ability to play the game in any order you want means that my experience will be even more personal, which is a big plus for me. Oh, and having every battle be on the scale of a boss fight? Here's my money, Ubisoft.

5) LittleBigPlanetGenre: PlatformerDeveloper: Media MoleculePublisher: Sony Computer EntertainmentWhy?: I'm a very creative person at heart, so LittleBigPlanet speaks directly to me. While I'm interested in the platforming "play" aspect, I'm interested in that part not so much as to actually play it, but to check out what others have created and the crazy concepts that people will be able to come up with. I'm only worried that I'll never actually finish a level -- with the amount of options at your disposal, I'll be experimenting with things so much that it'll take a lot for me to sit down and actually complete something. I'll be too busy checking out the next tweak that someone has discovered, trying it myself and seeing what new madness I can create.

4) Resistance 2Genre: First-Person ShooterDeveloper: Insomniac GamesPublisher: Sony Computer EntertainmentWhy?: The first game, Resistance: Fall of Man, was undeniably the best game at the PlayStation 3's launch, and to this day remains a must-play title for the system. The stuff I've seen from the second game looks to carry the experience even further, giving us insight into what the Chimera are after, and letting us take the battle directly into the US. While it's a little creepy seeing their carrier ships destroy San Francisco as I've lived in numerous apartments in the city, I can't wait to load up some of the game's killer new weapons and carve a whole in their hearts, or whatever the hell keeps their "blood" flowing.

3) Rock Band 2Genre: MusicDeveloper: HarmonixPublisher: MTV GamesWhy?: Harmonix is on a roll. After creating Guitar Hero, one of the biggest genre-breaking games ever released, it followed it up with Guitar Hero II by adding bass and a (arguably) better soundtrack. But with Rock Band, all bets were off. The ability to play the drums or sing as someone else plucked away on the plastic guitars made it one of the best party games ever, and Rock Band 2 should continue the tradition brilliantly. The full track list has been released, and it's certainly amazing, but really it's the ability to play all of the downloadable content for the first game and rip most of the tracks from the first disc that has me pumped. I just can't wait to see how the World Tour and Solo careers have changed.

2) Guitar Hero World TourGenre: MusicDeveloper: Neversoft EntertainmentPublisher: ActivisionWhy?: While I'm psyched for Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour just may be the music game that I'm jamming to most this year. Why? Because you can actually jam. I'm blown away by the music creation tools that the game looks to offer, and as long as they're easy to use and don't get in the way of creativity, we're going to see some awesome content hit the wire. But what I'm looking forward to most is being able to download a death metal version of Chocolate Rain. If someone else doesn't make it, I will.

1) Fallout 3Genre: RPGDeveloper: Bethesda SoftworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksWhy?: My favorite game of both E3 2007 and 2008 was Fallout 3, and for good reason. Bethesda's go-anywhere RPG looks to have fixed a lot of the complaints that I had with Oblivion (the level-matching enemies) and plops players straight into the classic Fallout universe. I haven't seen any other game give me the shivers like the Fallout 3 demo did when a nuke was set off in Megaton, destroying the entire town and its inhabitants. If you're capable of world-altering things like this throughout the entire game, it's going to become an instant classic.

Other Games Worth Noting: There are a ton of great games on my list, but that's not all that I'm looking forward to this year. Mercenaries 2 could prove to be a great follow-up to the original, Midnight Club: Los Angeles looks fantastic, Rise of the Argonauts could be one of the few RPGs that I could get into, and games like Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, Project Origin and Far Cry 2 should fill my to-do list for first-person shooters.

The PlayStation 3 has a very strong year ahead of it, but you may have noticed that there aren't any PS2 or PSP games on my list. While both systems are struggling for content, I'm certainly looking forward to the likes of LocoRoco 2 and Patapon 2. If only Resistance: Retribution were coming out this year, I'd be licking my PSP.